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Definition of Expectedness
1. Noun. The state of being that is commonly observed.
Generic synonyms: Normalcy, Normality
Derivative terms: Common, Common, Expected
2. Noun. Ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising.
Specialized synonyms: Normalcy, Normality
Antonyms: Unexpectedness
Definition of Expectedness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being expected. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expectedness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectedness
Literary usage of Expectedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1900)
"In the first place, we must have equidistant or regularly recurring rhymes, to
form the basis, expectedness, out of which arises the element, unexpectedness ..."
2. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"In the first place, we must have equidistant or regularly recurring rhymes, to
form the basis, expectedness, out of which arises the element, unexpectedness ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1902)
"And with expectedness of rhythm they introduce also the i violent metaphor—like
Mangan's or O'Hus- ounding wind that burns as fire'—and they draw ihor from ..."
4. Dramatic Opinions and Essays: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"Immediately, with a punctuality and perfect expectedness which is about as dramatic
as the response of a box of vestas to a penny in the slot, ..."
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